jon357
31 May 2013
Life / Freedom of religion v animal rights in Poland? [38]
You think abbatoirs are quick?
a quick kill
You think abbatoirs are quick?
jon357
31 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
I'd call it reality, and something that people are happy with.
I guess you would call that a scientific proof
I'd call it reality, and something that people are happy with.
jon357
31 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
Maybe you do - but a relaxation of restrictive laws works very well indeed in the UK. I don't see Poles there insisting on a particular day of the week off.
And since you're pretending to be so keen to change the status quo in Poland, I don't see the shops empty on Sunday here, either.
Exactly but right leaning people want to remove any opportunity for quality reliable predictable leisure time.
Maybe you do - but a relaxation of restrictive laws works very well indeed in the UK. I don't see Poles there insisting on a particular day of the week off.
And since you're pretending to be so keen to change the status quo in Poland, I don't see the shops empty on Sunday here, either.
jon357
31 May 2013
News / Self-important Warsaw mayor [18]
Of course not. But I doubt she describes herself as 'Mayor', just as I doubt jaro would expect to pay either.
I'm the mayor of Wrasaw and do not need to pay,'
Of course not. But I doubt she describes herself as 'Mayor', just as I doubt jaro would expect to pay either.
jon357
31 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
The OP and so many of those who are actively involved in this 'campaign' make their motivations clear. And fortunately Poland is far more than Catholicism. It is officially secular since 1921.
The OP and so many of those who are actively involved in this 'campaign' make their motivations clear. And fortunately Poland is far more than Catholicism. It is officially secular since 1921.
jon357
31 May 2013
Life / Freedom of religion v animal rights in Poland? [38]
Both methods are probably as humane or more so than those used in Europe.
Dunno about the Arabs, but Kosher slaughter as far as I know is actually quite humane
Both methods are probably as humane or more so than those used in Europe.
jon357
31 May 2013
Study / I want to move Poland from Chicago area and study.. Job prospects, cost of food, healthcare, other expenses [24]
If you can handle poverty.
You can survive on $500 a month in Poland
If you can handle poverty.
jon357
31 May 2013
Life / Why aren't Polish dope-promoters prosecuted? [15]
So where is this promotion of Amphetamine Sulphate that enraged you so much that you started a thread about it?
So where is this promotion of Amphetamine Sulphate that enraged you so much that you started a thread about it?
jon357
31 May 2013
Food / Can you buy Absinthe in Poland? [13]
Don't to forget to take your ID if you buy some.
I am 18 ...LOL
Don't to forget to take your ID if you buy some.
jon357
31 May 2013
Travel / English cigarettes - where to buy in Poland? [41]
They used to be made with Virginia tobacco. Nowadays the tobacco tends to come from Augustów!
They used to be made with Virginia tobacco. Nowadays the tobacco tends to come from Augustów!
jon357
31 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
The one that predominates in Poland perhaps?
And claiming 'absolute truth' is not a basis for legislation. Hard proof is.
And that is the point, all religions claim absolute truth otherwise they are not religions. Harry chose to hold one to different standards.
The one that predominates in Poland perhaps?
And claiming 'absolute truth' is not a basis for legislation. Hard proof is.
jon357
31 May 2013
Life / Why aren't Polish dope-promoters prosecuted? [15]
Can you give examples of Amphetamine Sulphate being 'promoted' in Poland?
pop culture representatives (performers, composers, journalists, publishers, film makers, etc.)
Can you give examples of Amphetamine Sulphate being 'promoted' in Poland?
jon357
31 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]
Plenty more need be said, not least what you actually mean by 'expat'.
. Nothing more need be said!
Plenty more need be said, not least what you actually mean by 'expat'.
jon357
31 May 2013
USA, Canada / General differences between Poland and the USA? [184]
Thinking about it, yes, it is :-)
Higher up the social ladder in Poland people often do that. hand kissing in some parts of the country too!
That's a fine way to say, that it's lower but not by much
Thinking about it, yes, it is :-)
You guys hug and kiss strangers upon meeting them???? Is that like how i hear the French kiss you on each cheek when meeting people?? Lol
Higher up the social ladder in Poland people often do that. hand kissing in some parts of the country too!
jon357
31 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
Spot on. Especially when that ideology starts to spill out into legislation.
Happily, since we are discussing legislation that affects us all.
Rightly so, since they claim to have absolute truth.
Spot on. Especially when that ideology starts to spill out into legislation.
ask me to scientifically something?
Happily, since we are discussing legislation that affects us all.
Harry made a value judgement on Catholics, holding them to a higher standard than others
Rightly so, since they claim to have absolute truth.
I would say most people's gut feelings about good and evil are similar. It's the various ideologies and religions you have to be wary of.
jon357
31 May 2013
USA, Canada / General differences between Poland and the USA? [184]
A 'semi lower cost'????
Either the cost is lower or it is not lower.
According to some of the trolls here, the 'American way' is supposed to be a success. So why has this situation arisen?
Well isnt that basically the same as when gas stations give you a semi lower cost on gas if you pay with cash.
A 'semi lower cost'????
Either the cost is lower or it is not lower.
According to Wikipedia, the incarceration rate in the US is the highest in the world
According to some of the trolls here, the 'American way' is supposed to be a success. So why has this situation arisen?
jon357
31 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]
Exactly. Very few left.
There are hardly any expats anymore in Poland. Only EU citizens who came here to stay. Expats are too expensive to hire.
Exactly. Very few left.
jon357
30 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
Scientifically prove the basis of your views or forever hold your peace.
And you appointed yourself to attempt to argue an opposing view?
Entirely right actually, though your comment suggests you aren't about to join the Oxford Union any day soon.
That is your opinion which is not correct,
Scientifically prove the basis of your views or forever hold your peace.
And you appointed yourself to decide if they have done that, deciding that Catholics dont follow the teachings of Christ that is bigoted.
And you appointed yourself to attempt to argue an opposing view?
Firstly your statement is wrong and secondly if true they were not alone however there is a thread about that so post your hypocrisy there.
Entirely right actually, though your comment suggests you aren't about to join the Oxford Union any day soon.
jon357
30 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
As true as true gets. The other points are just excuses trotted out to attempt to back up an unscientific worldview.
Given that the religious group in question are so sure they have absolute truth that they have tortured and killed people who dare to doubt it, I'm sure they're happy to be held to a higher standard than others.
There are no excuses just people with different opinions never the less your main point is not true
As true as true gets. The other points are just excuses trotted out to attempt to back up an unscientific worldview.
No one is doubting that most Polish people are baptised Catholic that is not the point. The point is that Harry chose to hold Catholics to a higher standard than others whether they live in Poland or not just as you are doing now.
Given that the religious group in question are so sure they have absolute truth that they have tortured and killed people who dare to doubt it, I'm sure they're happy to be held to a higher standard than others.
jon357
30 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
The excuses here and the statements in the original post are almost exclusively about religion.
No. There are no other significant 'denominations' in Poland. A country where society does not consistently live up to the main religion's values.
As has been pointed out from the very beginning of this thread the reform of trading laws is not exclusively about religion.
The excuses here and the statements in the original post are almost exclusively about religion.
Holding one denomination to a different standard is sectarian in any place and that is what Harry did.
No. There are no other significant 'denominations' in Poland. A country where society does not consistently live up to the main religion's values.
jon357
30 May 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]
That fits so many of your posts perfectly. And while you don't bother to define an 'expat', I would remind you that you moved to Poland from another country and made your career on skills learned in that country.
Pot and kettle.
They often display a snooty, snobbish, arrogant. elitist and colonialist attitude and revile and look down their noses on whatever is not to their liking.
That fits so many of your posts perfectly. And while you don't bother to define an 'expat', I would remind you that you moved to Poland from another country and made your career on skills learned in that country.
Pot and kettle.
jon357
30 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
What you might feel or pretend is a sectarian statement from the point of view of an Irish (especially Northern Irish) person is not necessarily sectarian in the context of other European countries.
What can never, ever be described as sectarian is the freedom to ask someone to prove the reality of whatever (like a god, goddess, prophet, spaghetti monster etc) the basis of a belief system is if they are trying to force someone to live their lives according to that belief system. Preventing shop staff working and customers buying on a 'holy day' on the basis of a religion, any religion, is a perfect example of that.
That is what sectarian statements do, they curtail freedom
What you might feel or pretend is a sectarian statement from the point of view of an Irish (especially Northern Irish) person is not necessarily sectarian in the context of other European countries.
What can never, ever be described as sectarian is the freedom to ask someone to prove the reality of whatever (like a god, goddess, prophet, spaghetti monster etc) the basis of a belief system is if they are trying to force someone to live their lives according to that belief system. Preventing shop staff working and customers buying on a 'holy day' on the basis of a religion, any religion, is a perfect example of that.
jon357
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]
It can - and so can many other practices. Some religious and some not. Increasingly the ones you describe are becoming less popular in PL, as the Church'e own statistics show.
Prayer and spriitual contemplation can provide balance, harmony and inner peace to those who have tried it.
It can - and so can many other practices. Some religious and some not. Increasingly the ones you describe are becoming less popular in PL, as the Church'e own statistics show.
jon357
30 May 2013
Travel / English cigarettes - where to buy in Poland? [41]
Still current. Players are made and sold in India now. Senior Service (and Navy Cut, Kensitas, park drive and I think Piccadilly) were banned. Regal are still popular in the North. Silk Cut still sell fairly well. Downmarket brands are Rothmans (southern England mostly) Mayfair, Lambert & Butler, Superkings etc.Marlboro and Chesterfield are in most shops.
Due to high taxes and successful campaigns, most people (and almost everybody above a certain social level) have stopped. Very much a habit of the disadvantaged or the elite. The majority don't smoke now. Often, poorer people who wish to smoke use rolling tobacco or cigs from Eastern Europe, usually imported illegally ..
Dunhill, B&H,
Still current. Players are made and sold in India now. Senior Service (and Navy Cut, Kensitas, park drive and I think Piccadilly) were banned. Regal are still popular in the North. Silk Cut still sell fairly well. Downmarket brands are Rothmans (southern England mostly) Mayfair, Lambert & Butler, Superkings etc.Marlboro and Chesterfield are in most shops.
Due to high taxes and successful campaigns, most people (and almost everybody above a certain social level) have stopped. Very much a habit of the disadvantaged or the elite. The majority don't smoke now. Often, poorer people who wish to smoke use rolling tobacco or cigs from Eastern Europe, usually imported illegally ..
jon357
30 May 2013
News / PO-PiS again neck and neck [248]
And this one especially so.
Life has shown that any and all political surveys are worthless.
And this one especially so.
jon357
30 May 2013
History / Communal living in Poland [5]
There was even more overcrowding in St Petersburg and Moscow before the revolution. No social engineering, just overcrowding.
I think those Soviet era flats were more a matter of social engineering than real housing needs.
There was even more overcrowding in St Petersburg and Moscow before the revolution. No social engineering, just overcrowding.
jon357
30 May 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]
What makes you think they're syphilitic? Experience?
syphlitic tarts gawking
What makes you think they're syphilitic? Experience?
jon357
29 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
I quite agree with your statement, given some of the church's more intemperate behaviour in Franco's Spain etc (and in pre-war Poland) but really this is irrelevant to the discussion. Human frailty of fallen mankind rarely lives up to religious values.
And for those who wish to make their own mind up when they open their shop - who is anyone else to dictate to them.
I suppose it is a bit too extreme to expect Catholics to follow the teachings of Christ
I quite agree with your statement, given some of the church's more intemperate behaviour in Franco's Spain etc (and in pre-war Poland) but really this is irrelevant to the discussion. Human frailty of fallen mankind rarely lives up to religious values.
And for those who wish to make their own mind up when they open their shop - who is anyone else to dictate to them.
jon357
29 May 2013
Travel / English cigarettes - where to buy in Poland? [41]
Big supermarkets or the bigger kiosks. Some of the underground ones near the station (under the ground, sort of between the station and the Marriot Hotel). have them. Plenty of cidg kiosks and some have UK brands - you'll just have to have a wander round the maze of corridors until you find one that has the brands you like). A couple of good ones on th efar side of the station, towards the Palace of Culture - just follow the tunnels in that direction.
BTW, they don't have 10 packs here, so if you say 20 B&H, they'll assume you mean 20 packs.
Big supermarkets or the bigger kiosks. Some of the underground ones near the station (under the ground, sort of between the station and the Marriot Hotel). have them. Plenty of cidg kiosks and some have UK brands - you'll just have to have a wander round the maze of corridors until you find one that has the brands you like). A couple of good ones on th efar side of the station, towards the Palace of Culture - just follow the tunnels in that direction.
BTW, they don't have 10 packs here, so if you say 20 B&H, they'll assume you mean 20 packs.
jon357
29 May 2013
News / Shops in Poland to be closed on Sunday? [208]
Most shops are already forced to close on Public Holidays, hence the long queues outside petrol stations and panic buying in food shops the day before.
Most shops are already forced to close on Public Holidays, hence the long queues outside petrol stations and panic buying in food shops the day before.